Fluid Mechanics

LECTURE HOURS

Mondays 10:00am - 10:50am

Tuesdays 9:00am - 9:50am

Wednesdays 8:00am - 8:50am

TUTORIALS Tuesdays 2.00pm - 2.50pm

EXTENDED TUTORIALS Tuesdays 3pm - 4.40pm

WEIGHTAGES FOR GRADING

1. ASSIGNMENTS - 20%

2. QUIZ 1 & 2 - 15% EACH

3. ENDSEM - 50%

EXAM DATES

Quiz I -

Quiz II -

EndSem -

LECTURES

1. Lecture 1 (Jul 31, 2017, 10am - 10:50am) - Administrative Details. Brief History of Fluid Mechanics.

2. Lecture 2 (Aug 1, 2017, 9am - 9:50am) - Brief History of Fluid Mechanics.

3. Lecture 3 (Aug 2, 2017, 8:00am - 8:50am) - Applications of Fluid Mechanics

4. Lecture 4 (Aug 7, 2017, 10am - 10:50am) - Applications of Fluid Mechanics, Principles used in Fluid Mechanics

5. Lecture 5 (Aug 9, 2017, 8:00am - 8:50am) - Principles used in Fluid Mechanics, Definitions of Fluid, System, Control Volume

6. Lecture 6 (Aug 11, 2017, 1pm - 2.30pm) - Fluid properties, Continuum assumption, Dimensions, Dimensional Analysis

7. Tutorial & Extended Tutorial 1 (Aug 11, 2017, 2.30pm - 4.30pm)

8. Lecture 7 (Aug 14, 2017, 10:00am - 10:50am) - Fluid Statics

9. Lecture 8 (Aug 16, 2017, 8:00am - 8:50am) - Fluid Statics

TEXTBOOK

Philip J. Pritchard - Fox & McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics - 8th Edition.

or

Fluid Mechanics, 8ed, SI Version (WSE) Paperback – 2013 by Fox, Mcdonald, Pritchard

REFERENCES

  1. Panton, Ronald L - Incompressible flow John Wiley & Sons, 2006. Third edition is available from Wiley Student Edition

  2. Frank M. White - Fluid Mechanics

  3. Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R Dowling - Fluid Mechanics Associated Press, 6th Edition.

  4. Aris, R. - Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Dynamics Dover Books, (1962): 84.